The Sun has discovered Victor Spirescu, the first Romanian to enter Britain under new EU rules, is as a thug who beat up his girlfriend after she dumped him. He told Vaz he was in the UK “to work and not to steal”. The Sun revealed he was convicted of violence and spent 21 days in a psychiatric hospital being treated for “use of psychotic substances”.

His 26-year-old victim Ana said: “I needed days of medical treatment after the attack and it took almost two years before my scars healed.” In June 2011 Bucharest’s Third District Court handed him a suspended 35-day jail term and fined him £660. He was also ordered to pay Ana £400 to cover medical bills — but she said she has yet to see a penny. Welcome to Britain Victor…